Gentrification vs. “Nicefication” of Brooklyn, the Documentary

“If you don’t like wealthy people or successful, profit-making businesses, you are not going to have a city,” says Bloomberg in the raw footage of My Brooklyn while stabilized rent housing gets systemically plowed down to build luxury condos.

This documentary project tries to answer why and what fresh hell is coming next. Check out the worthwhile Kickstarter campaign for this documentary. How is the gentrification effecting local residences and business of Park Slope and beyond? Give them some money for an editor quick, ’cause this is a bit timely.